Looby, Zephaniah Alexander Collection, 1922-1981

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Looby, Zephaniah Alexander Collection, 1922-1981

1922-1981

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The Z. Alexander Looby collection contains 479 items, which consists of correspondence, newspapers and magazine clippings, awards, certificates, printer matter and photographs. Correspondence includes such notable individuals as Roy Wilkins, Raymond Pace Alexander, W. J. Faulkner, the Honorable Carlton L. Taser, the Nashville Student Protest Movement and Mrs. Robert T. Burt. The newspaper and magazine clippings cover the years 1926 to 1971, and document many of the activities in which Mr. Looby was involved. There are photographs of Mr. Looby's home bombed in 1960.

5 linear ft.

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John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061681

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Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974

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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Nashville Student Protest Movement

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Burt, Emma E.

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Nashville (Tenn.). City Council

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Taser, Carlton L.

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Looby, Zephaniah Alexander, 1899-1972

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Zephaniah Alexander Looby, lawyer and educator at Fisk University, Tennessee A & I College, and meharry Medical College. He organized the Kent College of Law to train African American men and women for the law profession. He was elected to the Nashville, Tenn., City Countil (1951-1971). Looby's home was bombed in 1960 because of his defense of Nashville students who staged a sit-in at lunch counters....

Faulkner, William J., Jr., 1891-1987

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